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What Is The Difference Between David And Dumas

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When there is two well known books and in these stories there are two men that are placed to showcase their true personalities. For The Three Musketeers it's D’Artagnan, who want his success quick and puts its all on his back. On the other hand, David in the Bible in 1 Samuel chapters 16 through 18 not only wanted his success to be given to him by God. With those major differences, they both share some qualities like their youth and many others. Alexander Dumas and Samuel, the authors, both gives many situations to display both D'Artagnan's and David’s character. D’Artagnan and David are well known for what they did in their stories, however their personalities are the things that are the focus of this paper. As an illustration of the …show more content…

Their parallel personalities are the characteristics that many other people wish to obtain, which is bravery and loyalty. Both David and D’Artagnan willing took part in a battle that no one believed that they would win. However, they were considered the underdog of the battles they got into. D’Artagnan with one of the best duel fight in the country and David with this huge Philistine Goliath. Now the loyalty was shown at this time, the loyalty that D’Artagnan shown was to the Musketeers to decide to fight with against the Cardinal’s men. David on the other hand showcased his loyalty to God to everyone of Israel and Philistine by not allow Goliath to defy the living army of …show more content…

Their youth wasn't a complete disadvantage for them it allow them to prove people wrong. By doing that open many doors for them. David was known for playing the lyre, which got him close to Saul, “And David came to Saul and entered his service. And Saul loved him greatly, and he became his armor-bearer.”(‭‭1 Sam. ‭16:21‬ ‭ESV‬‬). Equally, D’Artagnan’s age didn't stop him from getting respect and working closely with his heroes. “‘ I always said that D'Artagnan had the longest head of the four ,’said

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